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Canada becomes second country to legalize marijuana, and also creates pathway to pardon past drug offenders

PEN America is suing Trump for his attacks on the press

Ex-Green Beret admits political assassination plot by UAE and American soldiers

Saudi journalist’s disappearance renews attention on U.S.-backed Saudi war on Yemen

Left-leaning Democrats look to Medicare for All platform to energize elections campaigns

Trump’s first executive order denying aid to abortion-related foreign organizations is costing women across the globe

Malaysia to abolish the death penalty, drawing praise from the human rights groups

Like South Carolina, Florida refuses to relocate inmates under Hurricane Michael

The ACLU is fighting against ‘predictive crime algorithms’ in court

AP investigation of 2-year-old separated from mother at border exposes systemwide exploitation

Turkey accuses Saudi Arabia of murdering political journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Turkish soil

Nearly 200 protestors arrested as Kavanaugh is confirmed by the Senate

After exploiting her for research, Johns Hopkins University to name building after Henrietta Lacks

Texas invalidates 2,400 online voter registration forms ahead of midterms based on vague law

Tsunami and earthquake leave over 1,000 missing, 1,400 dead & 70,000 homeless in Indonesia

Time’s Up hires WNBA President Lisa Borders as its first president and CEO

Four suspected white supremacists charged for actions during Charlottesville riots

Amazon will pay US employees $15 minimum wage, but what about international workers?

Trump’s immigration policies are making it easier for desperate immigrants fall for fraud schemes

Marches in NY, D.C. call for emphasis on the rights of Black women to overturn status quo

Conviction of Brazilian political prisoner echoes injustice in the U.S.

#MeToo era sees surge in colleges tackling toxic masculinity on campus

World Bank warns Gaza economy approaching collapse, calls on Israel to lift blockade

Texas argues on behalf of school that expelled student who didn’t kneel for pledge of allegiance

Haitian deportee fighting to return to U.S. after Florida police framed him and 2 others

Trump admin bypasses Congress with new policy targeting immigrants on public assistance

Brookings Institute finds poverty has decreased in the US, but not for everyone

Many blame deputies after 2 mental health patients drown in cop car during Hurricane Florence

Dallas cops still free & working after killing Black men while Dallas 9 spent 40 hours in jail for protests

Michael Jordan donates $2 million to Hurricane relief efforts, stresses long term effects on Carolinas

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